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Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 1.86% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 16.0% year-over-year to 1.86%, compared with a TTM value of 1.86% through Dec 2025, up 16.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 1.93%, up 24.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 1.86% for Q4 2025 at Mastercard, up from 1.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 1.93% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.93% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 1.47%, with a median of 1.46% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital crashed -49bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 58bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 1.09% in 2021, then soared by 36bps to 1.48% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 1.44% in 2023, then rose by 18bps to 1.7% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 1.86% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for MA at 1.86% in Q4 2025, 1.84% in Q3 2025, and 1.91% in Q2 2025.